Sarina Lim, Veena Jayadev, Ann Conway, David Handelsman
GPs are a crucial first point of contact for transgender people seeking medical care and can help them to overcome the many significant barriers to the health care they face, including stigma and discrimination, to provide more personalised care.
A delayed or missed diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma is common because the clinical presentation is highly variable with nonspecific features. However, a timely diagnosis is paramount because these tumours are associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and have the potential for metastasis.
The PBS has listed four insulins in recent years, providing more options to optimise glycaemic control in patients with diabetes. Potential advantages of some of these newer insulins include lower rates of nocturnal hypoglycemia and more flexibility in dosing times.
Individualised strategies for avoiding, healing and preventing the recurrence of diabetes-related foot ulcers are important, and pressure-offloading strategies are integral to any management plan.
This three-part case study series highlights the detrimental impact of specific endocrine diseases on bone health. The first article in this series discusses the management of a 75-year-old woman who was diagnosed with primary hyperparathyroidism after sustaining minimal trauma fractures.
